Sometimes I Amaze Even Myself

[qos]

Today, my handyman friend finished texturing the new closet and other minor repairs he's done in my bedroom. The home improvement ball is now back in my court.

Today I went to Home Depot twice, went to a Sherwin Williams paint store, went to the grocery store, cooked dinner, did two loads of laundry, changed my bed linens, and put primer on the closet and other newly-repaired areas in my bedroom. And that was after sleeping in!

Tomorrow I'm going to paint the interior of the closet a netural white. When that dries, my friend will return and put the clothes hanging rod and shelf back up -- so I will have a functional closet again!

Then I get to make my final selection on wall color and paint the rest of the room. Then we buy and paint trim and the new closet doors.

I keep wanting a deep/royal blue for my walls -- but keep getting discouraged by people who tell me that having dark blue in a basement room isn't wise. I'm becoming more concerned about how dark blue would work with the cherry-tone of my dresser and nightstand, and the crimson and gold of my large, gilt-framed print of Leighton's "Godspeed".

Anyone on my friends list good with color?

Comments

[kateri-thinks.livejournal.com]

Okay, I know jack about interior design, but this is what I do know:
that if you "keep wanting a deep/royal blue for [your] walls...", there's likely a reason for it and it's definitely worth trying.
You could even just purchase enough paint for one wall and try it out.
(All of which may not be the most practical thing, maybe - but just may be what your heart needs.)
My two cents.

Also: WOW! ProDUCtive!

[qos.livejournal.com]

Painting only part of the room, "just to see" is a good idea -- but I find myself irrationally reluctant to put something on the wall unless I'm sure.

It's irrational because there's no way I can be "sure" until I actually see it.

Have you seen the Vehix.com commercials, where the woman keeps saying "Can I see it in red?" and then "Can I see it in blue again?" and the guys with the spray guns repaint the car in seconds? That's what I want.

[kateri-thinks.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Okay, decisive? DO THE BLUE.


Practicing Super J one indecision at a time . . .
Kateri.

[queenofhalves]

dark colors on all the walls do tend to make rooms look small. mmmm. you could add tapestries, or dark blue trim, or do the walls different colors. sometimes that looks really cool.

[qos.livejournal.com]

My bedroom is a fairly large room -- so I'm not too worried about it shrinking from the color. (My small kitchen is going to be a light/bright color.)

I've thought about getting some elegant wallpaper for one of the long walls -- but after my disaster with the press tiles in the bathroom I'm not sure I want to try to wrangle paper.

[toesontheground.livejournal.com]

Well done!

I'm not even going to attempt to offer colour advice - I'm just not colour comptent :)

[quietearthling.livejournal.com]

I think if there is a part of you that really really wants something, you should listen to her. : )

Blue can work well with dark cherry and crimson. Royal blue can be nice. Finally, if you are worried about the entire room being too dark if you paint it blue, you can paint your walls in different color. Back in my old place, our living room was yellow, but the kitchen was deep garent red. What this did was visually separate the kitchen from the living/dining area, worked really well. If - let's say, you have a space for sleeping hanging out in your room, and a space for study, you could visually separate them by painting different walls/sections of the room in different color.

Finally, play with colors on your own for a few hours, and see how they work. This is what I came up with: Royal Blue, Cherry tone pieces and yellowish-reddish optional addition, creating a sunset feeling. http://www.freedsolutions.com/img2.jpg

Finally, if you want to go with royal blue and it starts looking like it's really dark, a few nice tasteful wall lamps from ikea or wherever can help add brightness to the room.

[qos.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Galina.

Your comments also got me thinking that I'm going to have white trim, and the doors on my new closet are also going to be white.

I've thought about painting the new alcove where the old closet used to be in a lighter shade too -- although I'm not sure how that would work as it goes directly into one of the long walls.

Hmmm. . . the more I think about the "stuff" that's also going to be up and around the less imposing the blue sounds. We're going to be moving in a small desk for my daughter, and I want to put up a cork board above it for her reminders and maybe some photos. That will cover even more. . .

[rachel-y.livejournal.com]

Paint != permanent. Paint it dark royal blue if that's the color you want. If you end up not liking it, you can repaint it. Depending on the size of the room and the paint you buy, it shouldn't cost you more than $40-$70 per paint makeover.

Word of advice: if you do go with a strong color (any color more than a few shades darker than cream, really), get a tinted primer. We had some friends who painted their (small) living room a gorgeously rich looking red--took them seven coats because they didn't use a tinted primer. WE learned from them and when Aaron wanted hos bedroom red (we compromised for red up to chair rail height) we use a tinted primer (gray) and had a deep tone w/ only two coats.

[qos.livejournal.com]

Ah. . . I hadn't thought about a tinted primer. Good idea.

I want to paint my living room "rich red" as well. . . That's getting lots of pushback too. Red with cream accents.

But that's a few steps down on the list of projects. Kitchen is next.